Archive for September 2018
MPO terminates contract with indicted transload facility operator
The Des Moines Metropolitan Area Planning Organization’s executive committee on Friday voted to terminate its contract with the owner of a Nebraska company that had been selected to operate a planned rail-truck transload facility east …
Read MoreCheck out the September-October dsm Magazine
Our colleagues at our sister publication, dsm Magazine, filled a wonderful September-October issue. Among the highlights (and this list doesn’t include them all):
“Fairy Forest” takes readers on the journey of a Des Moines couple who …
Guest opinion: Quit the hustle game and get into alignment
By Emily Steele | Co-owner, Brand Launch
As I was transitioning out of my full-time job into the entrepreneurial world, I was listening to as many podcasts and Audible books as possible. My brain was …
Landeros will lead Q-C Hispanic Chamber
Quad-City Times: Zenaida Landeros has been named executive director of the Greater Quad-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Landeros succeeds Lee Vasquez who stepped down this summer. The first Latina to lead the Hispanic chamber, Landeros …
Read MoreGeneral Mills adds more leave for new moms and other parents
Bloomberg: Starting next year, General Mills Inc. will bump its paid maternity and parental leave offerings to match some of the more generous big employers in the U.S. All new parents at the food giant …
Read MoreSept. 5: Full Time Founders Meetup
Host: Gravitate Coworking
Sometimes referred to as “group therapy for entrepreneurs” the Full Time Founders meetup is a chance for the people who are building companies in Central Iowa to talk directly with other founders …
Oct. 1: DreamBuilder Live
Host: Iowa Center for Economic Success
About: Here’s what you’ll do during this 8-week course: Potential for complete business plan development, access online material as well as group and one-on-one, in-person support, build your professional network, …
Case You Missed It – Lift IOWA: 9-4-18
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Interior designer Rhonda Staley, whose work has appeared in both local and national interior design magazines, has re-opened her residential design business in Coralville. Corridor Business Journal
An employee who has served the AEA in …
Read MoreFor female candidates, harassment and threats come every day
New York Times: Four days before the 2016 congressional primary in her Northern California district, Erin Schrode woke up to tens of thousands of messages. They were everywhere: in her email, on her cellphone, on …
Read MoreWomen open up about why they avoid doing business with friends
Fortune: In some situations, according to an op-ed penned by Fortune, women are often hesitant to do business with friends —and sometimes, that discomfort holds them back in their careers.
In the Broadsheet, Fortune’s newsletter …
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